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Thursday, 31 October 2013

Secret Lair of an Insectoid "Soldier" - Mind Map & Influence Map (2)


For my influence image research I decided upon disregarding the concept of my Insectoid Soldier being of the future, modern times or the apocalypse for the simple fact that apocalyptic scenarios, modern warfare and futuristic warfare have been depicted time and time again and to follow these for my more developed character profile and lair design would simply be too generic. In terms of older examples of warfare such as World War One and Two, they have been once again used in gaming and filmmaking time and time again.


For the reasons of being non-generic I have decided upon taking my Insectoid Soldier and its secret lair back to ancient times. While ancient civilizations have also been used in gaming and movies, they have been much less over-used than more modern examples - the respective militaries themselves have been focused on even less so, for these reasons I have focused on three ancient civilizations - the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Egyptians and the Aztecs in the Influence Map, I have completely avoided the Roman empire due to how well it's become known thanks to different forms of media. The Ancient Greeks have also become well known by the public due to forms of media, one example being the popular movie 300 (2006) which focuses on the Spartans of Ancient Greece thus narrowing my choice down to the Aztec or Ancient Egyptian in terms of culture as well as lair and basic character design.